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rosewood

/ˈɹoʊzˌwʊd/

rosewood noun: the fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.

Noun

rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural rosewoods)

  1. The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
    Synonyms:
    Brazilian rosewood, Rio rosewood, Bahia rosewood, pianowood
  2. Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
  3. The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
  4. Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).

Proper noun capitalized: Rosewood

Rosewood (plural Rosewoods)

  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in the Greater Hume council area and the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A town and locality in Queensland, Australia.
  5. An affluent residential neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  6. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, United States.
  8. A locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, the site of the Rosewood massacre of 1923.
  10. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana, United States.
  11. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in the town of Dover, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

rosewood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

rosewood in Hindi

रोजवुड, रोज़वुड

rosewood in Tamil

கருங்காலி வகை, நூக்கமரம்

rosewood in Marathi

रोझवुड, रोझवूड, रोजवुड

rosewood in Urdu

روزووڈ
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rosewood in Bengali
রোজউড
rosewood in Telugu
రోజ్వుడ్, రోస్వుడ్
rosewood in Malayalam
റോസ്വുഡ്, റോസ് വുഡ്, റോസ്വൂഡ്
rosewood in Kannada
ಇಬಡಿ, ಇರುಗುಂಡಿ, ಇಬ್ಬಡಿ, ಬೀಟೆ
rosewood in Punjabi
ਰੋਜ਼ਵੁੱਡ, ਰੋਜ਼ਵੁਡ
rosewood in Gujarati
રોઝવુડ, રોઝવૂડ
rosewood in Odia
ରୋଜୱୁଡ୍, ରୋସ୍ୱୁଡ୍, ରୋଜଉଡ୍
rosewood in Nepali
रोजवुड, रोसवुड, रोस्वुड

Synonyms of rosewood

  • Brazilian rosewood
  • Rio rosewood
  • Bahia rosewood
  • pianowood

Forms of rosewood

Noun
pluralrosewoods
Proper noun
pluralRosewoods

Origin of rosewood

A compound of rose + wood, originally so named because of the rose-scented aromatic oil derived from it; applied in later senses on account of these woods’ predominantly reddish-brown colour.

From rosewood.

Words formed from rosewood

  • African rosewood
  • Australian rosewood
  • bastard rosewood
  • Burmese rosewood
  • Chinese rosewood
  • Dominica rosewood
  • East India rosewood
  • East Indian rosewood
  • fragrant rosewood
  • Honduras rosewood
  • India rosewood
  • Jamaica rosewood
  • New Guinea rosewood
  • New South Wales rosewood
  • north Indian rosewood

Questions about rosewood

What does rosewood mean?
Rosewood means the fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
What is rosewood in Hindi?
Rosewood in Hindi is रोजवुड, रोज़वुड. See Rosewood meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rosewood?
Rosewood can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rosewood?
Rosewood is pronounced /ˈɹoʊzˌwʊd/ (US).
What is the plural of rosewood?
The plural of rosewood is rosewoods.

Words near rosewood in the dictionary

  1. rosewater sailors
  2. rosewaters
  3. Rosewell
  4. Rosewhite
  5. rosewise
  6. rosewood
  7. rosewoods
  8. roseworm
  9. roseworms
  10. rosewort
  11. roseworts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rosewood (page history and authors); Rosewood (page history and authors); rosewood (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rosewood (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Rosewood (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rosewood (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rosewood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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